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April 17, 2008
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Texas SandFest opens Friday
24 master sculptors from around the world to participate in event
BY LAURIE STRAIN SOUTH JETTY STAFF WRITER
Port Aransas is expecting more than 100,000 visitors this weekend, Friday through Sunday, April 18-20, for the 12th annual SandFest, the largest sand sculpting contest in the U.S. Now a tradition in Port Aransas, this event features 24 world-class master sculptors from around the world, five clas... More...
Full-time airport manager proposed
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

Port Aransas could take one step closer to having a full-time airport manager after city council members hear a proposal tonight, Thursday, April 17, from a company that wants to manage the field. Texas Aviation Partners will come to the council meeting with the Airport Advisory Board's blessing. More...

In the money!
PAEF awards $48,000 to 25 PAISD educators
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The Port Aransas Education Foundation (PAEF) wowed teachers and students alike on Friday, April 11, by awarding Port Aransas schools with 29 grants totaling more than $48,000. The grants will pay for teacher training, computer equipment and software, educational field trips, library books and mor... More...

 Island Life
•Council to look at impact fees
BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
SOUTH JETTY City council members will take what will presumably be their final look at a proposal to start roadway impact fees in Port Aransas tonight, Thursday, April 17. The proposal is one that has drawn fire in its final stages from at least one developer. More...
•Lessons in sand
•Southern sparks flying in PACT's 'Breath of Dusty Air'
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 Youth
•A black dress and funeral blues
KATE WILLIAMS
I unfolded the black dress from the bag it had been in for three months. It sat on a chair by the front door, where I put it when I unpacked the car from our trip in January. I had not looked at the dress I wore to my father's funeral since I took it off that day. I couldn't do it. And I haven't w... More...
•Applause for a job well-done
•Port Aransas School Menus
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 Fishing
•FISHING REPORT
Speckled trout are in bays
By all accounts, the speckled trout are in. Where sheepshead dominated bay catches just last month, the speckled trout are now being caught. According to Sandy Martin at Dolphin Dock, vermilion snapper, tuna, shark, kingfish, and some grouper were caught. The bays have yielded lots of speckle... More...
•Charter haul
•State water snapper
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 Sports
•On track
Members of the Port Aransas High School track team are headed for regional competition. From left: Elaine Franco, Lia Phillips, Kelsey Cartwright, Meredith Berry, Joseph Shrier, Marina Milligan, Cody Collins, Matt White, Savanna Nixon, Chelsea Perez, Zack Merrill, Judy Wright, Drake Sawyer and Kel... More...
•Ready, set ...
•Fore!
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 Obituaries
•Sigler
James R. Sigler, 60, died Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Austin. Sigler was a former investigator with the Nueces County Constable's Office in Port Aransas. He had a long history in law enforcement as an Oklahoma highway patrolman, a Weatherford, Okla. More...
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 Island Agenda
•Island Agenda
DAILY • Community Park Swimming Pool offers swim lessons and lap swimming, water exercise. Open daily except Mondays for swimming and more. Call 749-2416 for information. • Free use of Computer Resource Center Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; closed Sund... More...
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